11 articles tagged History.
Festival Guide
Tilt versus mêlée, how a joust is scored, what the lance and the armour weigh, which festival jousts are theatre and which are sport, and where to watch one.
Tom Saxby · 10 min read ·
Planning
Kuttenberg is Kutná Hora, Rattay is Rataje nad Sázavou, Talmberg is Talmberk: what still stands from Kingdom Come: Deliverance, what the game moved, and the June festival.
Elke Brandt · 10 min read ·
Festival Guide
The Battle of Hastings re-enactment is in Battle, not Hastings, on the real 1066 slope: what the day contains, 2026 tickets, where to stand, and who it suits.
Tom Saxby · 7 min read ·
Festival Guide
The turkey leg is not medieval and the roast pork is. What people ate before 1500, what to drink, which festival stalls are impostors, and what to queue for.
Elke Brandt · 9 min read ·
Poland
What is original brick in rebuilt Gdańsk, why the Teutonic Knights' 1308 takeover still matters, when St Dominic's Fair runs, and how to add Malbork and Grunwald.
Elke Brandt · 9 min read ·
City Guide
What is medieval in Óbidos, why it belonged to Portugal's queens from 1282 to 1834, when the Mercado Medieval runs, and how to walk a wall with no railing.
Elke Brandt · 8 min read ·
Germany
How much of Rothenburg ob der Tauber is medieval, what was rebuilt after March 1945, why the town re-stages a 1631 drink, and whether to come in May, September or December.
Elke Brandt · 8 min read ·
City Guide
What is genuinely medieval in Visby, why a town this small has a 3.4 km wall, what happened in 1361, and when to come if you want the ruins without the crowds.
Elke Brandt · 9 min read ·
City Guide
Why Tallinn's Hanseatic Old Town is so intact, what to see on Toompea and below it, where the 1944 gap is, and when Old Town Days runs each June.
Elke Brandt · 8 min read ·
City Guide
How much of Carcassonne's Cité is 13th-century and how much is Viollet-le-Duc, what happened in 1209, when the summer jousts run in the lices, and when to go.
Elke Brandt · 8 min read ·
Planning
What in Prague is genuinely 14th-century and what is Baroque paint, where to stand and when, and the two real medieval festivals a train ride out.
Elke Brandt · 9 min read ·
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